Repetitive work same every day .no time to think going round and round on a one person cell the targets are getting harder on my feet all day for twelve hours a day team are ok some really good people striving to acheave the goals and tasks great feeling when you have given your all and see how far you have come from day 1 to we're your at now

PPG like to claim that YOU are their number one priority, that's the big lie. You are nothing but a number. Focus on sales calls and chasing low spenders, pushing bonanza sales which typically have a negative impact, and senior management who don't understand the business or how a store actually runs. Unattainable targets are the icing on the cake!

I Have had a good time working at ppg, the team was good to work around and very polite, i have learned a load of new things there in which some include spraying parts, powder coating car parts and many other, it was a good place to work at and enjoyable.

Working for PPG was a great opportunity for me to learn new skills. I enjoyed my job and loved the people that I worked with. The only thing that let the workplace down was the management who did not respect their employee's.

Through the one weeks work experience placement I leaned the manufacturing process and how to create invoices for orders. Also helped set up till systems in different PPG shops across the country over two days.

Worked for this business in branches and in sales for 24 years. OK when it was Johnstones Paints and even when Kalon Ltd but under PPG the culture became increasingly demanding. Emloyee feedback is challeged by managment in small groups in an attempt to identifiy individuals who may have given negative feedback. Managment are driven very hard by their superiors which in turn leads to staff been given unreasonable workloads. Any concerns or dissent raised are viewed as a negative attitude and you will soon find yourself given unachievable targets and no support and then managed out of the business. Very high turnover of management and staff

Job was not as described, management had little or no idea what engagement was and or how to achieve it, it was basically a disciplined driven blame culture with no foresight on how best to increase productivity by developing and valuing the staff on all levels.

The shop floor operator and most other personnel were great and easy to get on with.

Hardest part of the job was being caught piggy in the middle between management and shop floor which should never happen !!, extremely unprofessional place to work under current management.

I still work for this company. When you first start working for them you are full of high expectations, but that will soon deminish as you are mentally and physically abused by the relentless demands of money hungry management. They try to act as if they are your friends, but beware as they get their heads together and try to figure out how to squeeze every last drop of dignity from you. I am leaving this poison atmosphere as I have managed to get some money together and I am taking a year off. Stay well clear.

I was an agency worker here for over a year and felt that the agency are not treated grately. It was understood that the shift patterns would be erratic, but on more than once occasion had my rota changed without notice. Full timers where given a letter of thanks and a cash incentive for extra work done whilst some referb was being done, the agency that did that same amount of work didn't even receive a verbal thank you and was told because it was not performance related we were not entitled. On the subject of perfomance related, everyone received a letter stating that the site had reached its targets to obtain a decent performance bonus, but had to be employed at a certain date to gain the bonus. Some of the released by the company coincidentally before this date even thought they had been there the whole period of time to obtain the bonus. Would certainly not recommend PPG Industries in Stowmaket.

lone working, under pressure to answer phones whilst trying to serve disgruntled tradesmen having to wait as your having a heart attack with doing the job of 3 people, receiving orders,placing orders,hounding traders in accordance with the warbook to get them into store,taking abuse from traders,running out of change in till, no support to do bankings and get change from bank,no support full stop!!!, forget about having breaks and lunch you wont have time!!,long hours,extra hours that you dont get paid for, if you are not use to stress do not apply unless you want to go to an early grave

it is a high pace with the best in class fiber glass in and around the world. i worked my why from the shop floor to the crew trainer after 5 years and learned a lot about lean manufacturing i.e 5s. we work with hot glass and work to high standards.

Pros

a chance to learn and go on to better things

Cons

Continental shifts days and nights 12 hours but after 13 years they do not bother me any more